Happy 11th Birthday to I’m Turning 60… and its readers!!
I want to thank each of you for visiting, whether it's been on a daily, weekly or occasional basis!
Also, a big 'Thank you!' to those who've invited their friends to visit!
I especially want to thank those who have commented.
I really appreciate it when you tell me that your family enjoyed a recipe, or when you ask if I have a recipe for a particular dish.
I’m Turning 60… continues to be more popular than its older ’sibling’ blog
Really!!
I’m Turning 60… - with 1,098 posts - has had over 955,000 visitors since July, 2010, when Blogger started keeping track of both blogs.
That's more visitors than its ‘elder sibling’ blog, Winnipeg is Better Than Chocolate, which has 2,787 posts, and has received a little over 475,000 visitors.
That's less than half the number of posts with over twice as many visitors!
Okay… enough with tallying the reader numbers.
Let’s get back to the recipes which deserve the credit for all these visits!
I recently took a look at how this blog’s posts have been doing.
The current all-time top ten posts are pretty much the same as last year's favourites:
Italian Easter Pie with Ricotta and Meat
The monthly top ten choices have frequent changes, especially during holiday seasons.
During the past month many posts were the same as those in the all-time posts.
Please, if you haven’t already, do try a few of the recipes on these lists.
Anna Sultana's Imqarrun il-forn (Baked Macaroni, Maltese Style) has been viewed - and, hopefully, enjoyed - 19,343 times as of today.
A few months ago, when the virus first came to Canada, i gathered recipes for two as well as recipes according to type of ingredients, and shared the posts on Facebook.
Here are the posts:
Bread Recipes made with Yeast, Baking Soda, Baking Powder or Sourdough Starter
Anna Sultana's Roasted Cornish Game Hens
Anna Sultana's Lemon Cranberry Muffins / Baking Powder Substitutes
Anna Sultana's Pull-Apart Pizza
Anna Sultana's Pork Chops in Lemon Caper Sauce / Wine Substitutes for Cooking
Anna Sultana’s Milkless, Eggless, Butterless Cakes (Chocolate or Raisin)
and Two-Egg Sponge Cake
and Quick Fudge
Hope you find them useful, too.
I also get a kick out of seeing how you search for my blog, such as:
folklorama filipino pavilion food
a christmas story red cabbage recipe
hoito pancakes
red cabbage a christmas story
the hoito thunder bay pancake recipe
how to fix ross il-forn maltese receipy
cheesecake co-pckers new jersey
eat your manicotti
pudina tal hobz ricetta bil malti
depression fruit cake recipe
how to cook petite scungilli with tomato sauce
maltese macaroni
cake with coconut
And my personal favourite:
nearer and dearer anna
Ma would've loved that!
I'm always amazed at learning where you live.
I expected visitors from the United States, Canada, Australia and the United Kingdom since many Maltese immigrated to these countries, especially after World War II.
I’m surprised to see that Russia is one of the top five countries, while the United Kingdom is a little lower on the list.
Now the top ten countries and their visitors are:
United States………….. 480,119
Canada………….……….…. 82,337
Australia………….………… 56,161
Malta……………...………… 54,783
Russia…………………….…. 33,453
United Kingdom…….…. 33,223
Turkey……….………………. 29,364
France………….………..…. 18,191
Germany……….…..……. 16,649
Ukraine.…….…….….……. 11,760
During the years there have also been visitors from Italy, Finland, Poland, Spain,
the Netherlands, Macedonia, Mexico, Afghanistan, Thailand, Slovakia, Ireland,
Denmark, Bangladesh, Sweden, Israel, Moldova, Malaysia, Singapore, Kuwait,
Greece, Kenya, Vietnam, Czech Republic, Brazil, Bermuda, Namibia, Cyprus, India,
Philippines, Japan, South Korea, Norway, New Zealand, Madagascar, Armenia,
South Africa, Romania, Iceland, Indonesia, Kyrgyzstan, Tanzania, Argentina,
United Arab Emirates, Belgium, Tunisia, Taiwan, Paraguay, Columbia, China, Jamaica,
Portugal, Bahamas, Kazakhstan, French Guiana, Côte d’Ivoire, Bangladesh, Egypt,
Kenya, Oman, Hungary, Belarus, Switzerland and Romania.
Since last October 20 there have also been visitors from Czechia, Lebanon, Austria,
Venezuela, Hong Kong, Bulgaria, Dominican Republic, Lebanon, U.S. Virgin Islands,
Gibraltar, Jersey, Nigeria, Serbia, Equador, Saudi Arabia, Azerbaijan, Estonia and Albania.
It is a small world after all!!
Recently there has also been a visitor which Blogger is calling ‘Unknown Region’.
I don't know where these unknown visitors live.
Oh, well, I wish a hello to you, wherever you call home.
Hope you found a recipe or two that you enjoyed.
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Hope to see you again real soon!
Margaret, happy 11th blogiversary! (My own is in February.) I'm eager to try the Ross il-Forn. Can you make it without the eggs? Sometimes I run out of eggs!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Jean, I hope you're enjoying this year's very different Halloween.
DeleteI've never tried it without the eggs. But then, why not try a variation? Sounds like you've created a new recipe!
Stay safe and well! ~ Margaret